WARNING: 5 Snacks That Are Made Out Of Petroleum-Based Chemicals That Cause Cancer

On an ongoing basis, each and every day, we are bombarded with
advertisements that grab our attention and try to get us to buy
something. We see them on television, the Internet and hear them on
the radio. They are even hidden throughout the area and we may be
bombarded with that message as we go about our day-to-day life.

One of those types of advertisements is for our food choices and
those companies spend about $10 billion a year to make sure that we
are buying what they offer. They bombard us with advertising for
sugary sweet cereal for children and fruit snacks full of
artificial sugar and preservatives. Unfortunately, this type of
marketing works quite well and we know that those choices fall into
the junk food category, but we may not know how severely they are
affecting our health.

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According to research, many popular snacks that children love
contain artificial food coloring to make them look more appealing.
It allows them to have fun with their food but those dyes can be
made from petroleum. Some of the products that may be affected
include Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Fruit Loops, macaroni and cheese, fruit
roll ups, popsicles and Nutri-Grain cereal bars. To be honest, this
is only scratching the surface. Those additives have been linked to
health problems, including hyperactivity, allergies and cancer.

Two of the six colorings that are banned in the UK are yellow 5
and red 40. They are still available in the United States, however,
and companies use them in their products regularly. In fact, it is
estimated that almost 15 million pounds of different types of
synthetic dyes go into our food every year. The FDA acknowledges
that they may impair the behavior of some children but they do
nothing to remove them from the foods that they eat.

Here are the Top 5 children snacks That Are Made with
Petroleum-Based Ingredients:

Pop Tarts

Frosted strawberry, which is the most popular type of pop tart,
includes corn syrup, dextrose, sugar and high fructose corn syrup.
All of those have been linked to sugar addiction, liver problems
and diabetes in children. They also contain TBHQ, a petroleum-based
product that could lead to cellular dysfunction. Laboratory testing
on animals shows that it is linked to a loss of vision, liver
enlargement, tumors, convulsions and paralysis.

Fruit snacks

The food color used in these fruit snacks is red 3 or
erythrosine, a petroleum-based product that is banned for use with
cosmetics because of thyroid tumors. You can’t use it on your skin
but you can eat it without any problem? Avoid the gummy bears.

M&Ms

There is more than chocolate in this popular snack. It includes
blue 1, which could lead to malignant tumors and blue 2, which
could increase hyperactivity and cause brain tumors. Red 40 can
damage DNA and yellow 5 and 6 have been linked to cancer.

Cheetos

Yellow 6 is the artificial coloring for this snack and it is
derived from petroleum. The cheese flavor also includes methyl
benzoate and ethyl methylphenidat.

Teddy Grahams

These innocent looking bears are laced with TBHQ that has been
shown to cause stomach cancer, fragmented DNA and could damage
umbilical cells and human lungs. It can cause anxiety, restlessness
and intensifies symptoms of ADHD.

Using artificial dyes in children’s foods poses unnecessary and
dangerous health risks. It really is just a matter of being
conscious about what your children are eating, including the
possibility for artificial coloring. They can still taste the
rainbow, so to speak, if you feed them fruits and vegetables.